Robotic systems that mirror humans both in their appearance and movements, also known as humanoid robots, could be best suited for tackling many tasks that are currently performed by human agents.

Deformable object manipulation in robotics is an increasingly critical research area, addressing the challenge of handling materials that do not maintain a fixed shape under manipulation. Unlike rigid ...

Embodied learning for object-centric robotic manipulation is a rapidly developing and challenging area in embodied AI. It is ...

Our current understanding of manipulation is based on primate hands, resulting in a detailed but narrow perspective of ways to handle objects. Although most other animals lack hands, they are still ...

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Researchers have compiled a dataset that captures the detailed behavior of a robotic system physically pushing hundreds of different objects. Using the dataset -- the largest and most diverse of its ...

"Now we're starting to put Atlas to work, and think about how the robot should be able to perceive and manipulate objects in its environment." In a video released today, Atlas is given a task: to ...

Researchers headed by a team at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University have developed a robot-assisted surgical technique that uses acoustic vortex tweezers to capture and move small ...

Reactive planning and control capacity for collaborative robots is essential when the tasks change online in an unstructured environment. This is more difficult for collaborative mobile manipulators ...

Scientists summarize, compare and contrast research in learned robot manipulation through the lens of adaptability and outline promising research directions for the future. What if a robot could ...

Apple is researching technology to allow an "Apple Glass" user to not be constrained to fixed physical gestures or touch controls, and instead manipulate any object to alter what is visible on the ...